The Amazing Race -- All-Purpose Thread

Finally watched the last two episodes over the weekend. I would have been happy to see any of the last three teams win, but was happy for Ricky and Cesar. I was glad that Amber and Vinny finished fourth and, like those who have already posted, the proposal was sickening. Notice how TAR didn't update how they're doing like they did with the new moms (which I thought was cool).

One thing that caught my eye was when Leticia got hit on the head, Rod immediately thought about a concussion. And, he had trouble with the memorization, again referencing concussions. Rod's a smart, likable guy, but I wonder if CTE is already a factor in his life. I hope it isn't yet, for the sake of him and his family. It makes you wonder if playing in the NFL (or NHL, for that matter) is worth it in the end.

 

Your pool runner had THE MOST HECTIC MAY in the history of Mays. I:
- Survived a brutal local election
- Attended a national conference in Birmingham
- Went to Kansas to see my cousin graduate
- Got engaged
- Had to run a city crisis communications plan remotely after my town got hit by a tornado last weekend

So I finally carved out time to finish the season of the race.
I was sad to see Danny and Angie go, and hope to see them on an All-Stars / Unfinished Business season. If they hadn't lost their crew, they would have been fine.

Seeing Bartolo Colon and the DR baseball challenge was really cool.
I was telling Amber to RUN when Vinny was proposing. Yuck.
Ok, WHO goes to Philly and goes "yup definitely pizza!" But also I agree: where was the cheesesteak challenge?!

Ricky and Cesar honestly ran such a good Race. They were very good, very balanced Racers, and completely unexpected.

FINAL POOL STANDINGS
MTM - Ricky & Cesar | 153
*tea and ease - Rod & Leticia | 96
*bumpy mcgee - Juan & Shane | 74
WolvEagle - Amber & Vinny | 50
*Mrs. Tiger Vols - Danny & Angie |42
*Wenders - Yvonne & Melissa | 40
*TigerVols - Derek & Shelisa | 38
*WriteThinking - Sunny & Bizzy | 23
*UNC Grad - Michelle & Sean | 14
*nietsroob17 - Kishori & Karishma | 14
*Huggy - Anthony & Bailey | 12
*Chris and Mary | 4
*Maya & Rohan | 1
*team has been eliminated

Congrats @MTM for your second straight SJ TAR Pool Win!

 

Thanks Wenders. And congratulations on your engagement. I expect to see you and your fiancé on the next AR season.

 

Congratulations @Wenders and thank you for piloting us again!

 

Wenders - Thanks, again, for running the pool. And, more importantly, congratulations on the engagement!